Fondation Butters-Butters Foundation
Public foundation · Cownasville, Quebec · BN 131910457RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($770,965) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Butters-Butters Foundation is a public foundation based in Cownasville, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $117K in revenue and $771K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $58K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $685K in 2024, the largest being $500K to Fondation de l'Université du Québec à Montréal. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $214K in 2020 to $117K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Funding to support specialized equipment and adapted homes and other facilities for intellectually handicapped residents. Donations for scholarships to educational institutions. Funding for camp renovations and programs for intellectually handicapped programs. Funding for research into intellectual handicap programs and treatments
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $117K | $771K | $4,000 | — | $685K | $175K |
| 2023 | $136K | $262K | $4,283 | — | $157K | $859K |
| 2022 | $123K | $112K | $57K | — | $40K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $248K | $229K | $68K | — | $121K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $214K | $217K | $7,644 | $1,545 | $126K | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $685K to 8 qualified donees:
- Fondation de l'Université du Québec à Montréal$500K
- Les Maisons Butters Inc /butters Homes Inc$143K
- Association Garagona inc.$21K
- Cisssmo$5,729
- Cavaletti Loisirs Adaptés en Nature$5,000
- Association de parents de personnes handicapées de Brome-Missisquoi$5,000
- Massey Vanier Scholarship Bursary Fund$3,000
- Le Fonds d'Excellence Massey-Vanier (davignon) Inc.$2,000
Received $58K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$31K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alyson Wood (director); Beverly Bryant (director); William Duke (treasurer); Dianne Ross (director); Stephen Molson (director); Sheila Martin (director); Peter Dunn (director); Ronald Creary (secretary); Diane Morin (director); Pierre Latendresse (president / chair); Diane ST-Jacques (director); Lola Landes (director); Elise Barakett (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Butters-Butters Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131910457RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.